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4 December 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
Economists on Tuesday urged African countries to make their industrial policies more effective in order to boost manufacturing exports, as the region focuses on continental integration to promote trade.
4 December 2018
www.msn.com
Participants to the 13thAfrican Economic Conference called for African countries to leverage the full range of their strengths and resources to accelerate the region’s drive towards continental integration.
4 December 2018
https://africanbrains.net
A senior adviser on regional integration and trade at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Adeyinka Adeyemi, has assured private sector investors that dependable mechanisms have been established to facilitate and safeguard investment in transboundary projects across Africa.
4 December 2018
http://ens-newswire.com
Heads of state and government, diplomats and climate scientists, economists and bankers have gathered in Katowice for the UN’s annual climate conference, and this one is anything but routine. Known as COP24, it has a daunting task.
Conférence économique africaine : les politiques d’ouverture de visa en Afrique au centre des débats
4 December 2018
https://maroc-diplomatique.net
Les politiques d'ouverture de visa en Afrique ont été au cœur des débats de la deuxième journée de la 13è Conférence économique africaine (AEC), qui se tient du 3 au 5 décembre courant à Kigali sous le thème: "L'intégration régionale et continentale au service du développement de l’Afrique".
4 December 2018
www.wakatsera.com
Du 3 au 5 décembre 2018, la capitale du Rwanda abrite la 13è édition de la Conférence économique africaine qui réunit autour de «L’intégration régionale et continentale au service du développement de l’Afrique», des acteurs dont l’ADN est l’émancipation du continent par l’intégration.
Conférence économique africaine : les politiques d’ouverture de visa en Afrique au centre des débats
4 December 2018
https://maroc-diplomatique.net
Les politiques d'ouverture de visa en Afrique ont été au cœur des débats de la deuxième journée de la 13è Conférence économique africaine (AEC), qui se tient du 3 au 5 décembre courant à Kigali sous le thème: "L'intégration régionale et continentale au service du développement de l’Afrique".
4 December 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
Experts have called on African economies to embrace regional and continental integration to accelerate trade and strengthen economic growth across Africa.
4 December 2018
www.indepthnews.net
Africa’s “easy decade” of accelerated economic growth is coming to an end, and only accelerated job creation and integration will ensure sustainable growth and development across the continent, Prof. Paul Collier, one of the world’s most influential development economists has warned.
3 December 2018
http://en.ce.cn
Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, told Xinhua in Nairobi that the continent will need to work together with the financial market as well as concessional lenders like the World Bank and the African Development Bank to help bring down the risk of local currency lending.
3 December 2018
www.gbcghanaonline.com
Africa needs to redesign its cities in a way that will create jobs for its growing youth population, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said Friday.
3 December 2018
http://encomium.ng
Africa needs to redesign its cities in a way that will create jobs for its growing youth population, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said Friday.
3 December 2018
www.ecofinagency.com
For millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking key cities, or the frustrations of being refused entry to a country because of visas, the end result is to curtail the free movement of people, viewed by the African Development Bank as one of the pillars of regional integration.
3 December 2018
www.africanreview.com
Adeyinka Adeyemi, a senior advisor on regional integration and trade at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has invited private sector investors to invest in transboundary projects throughout Africa
3 December 2018
https://allafrica.com
On the opening day of COP24 Leader's Summit, Monday 3 December 2018, the global climate summit will celebrate Africa Day, a joint initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
3 December 2018
http://encomium.ng
A landmark event in Addis Ababa has called on African countries to promote the rights and welfare of children and adolescents with disabilities.
3 December 2018
https://guardian.ng
Africa Fintech Festival (AFF), which is fast becoming a global brand, starts today in Lagos.The Guardian gathered that the National Fintech Conference, rebranded as AFF, has recorded a lot of successes, breaking new frontiers in technological and financial spheres in Nigeria and beyond.
3 December 2018
https://telesud.info
La 13ème Conférence économique Africaine (AEC) débutera lundi à Kigali (Rwanda) sous le thème “Intégration régionale et continentale pour le développement de l’Afrique”, a indiqué la Banque Africaine de développement (BAD) sur son site web.
3 December 2018
www.marketscreener.com
A draft report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) titled, 'Attracting Institutional Investors in Africa's Infrastructure,' has undergone a thorough review by experts from wide-ranging sectors, including infrastructure, finance, stock exchange, academia, investment, and legal, among others.
3 December 2018
https://fr.allafrica.com
Dans ses remarques lors de la séance consacrée à l'engagement des dirigeants, à la conférence sur l'économie bleue viable, Vera Songwe, Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA), dit que la CEA se déclare disposée à aider les États membres à élaborer leurs stratégies nationales en matière d'économie bleue ».
3 December 2018
www.msn.com/en-za
A landmark event in Addis Ababa has called on African countries to promote the rights and welfare of children and adolescents with disabilities.
3 December 2018
https://allafrica.com
A landmark event in Addis Ababa has called on African countries to promote the rights and welfare of children and adolescents with disabilities.
3 December 2018
https://fr.allafrica.com
Un projet de rapport de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), intitulé « Attirer les investisseurs institutionnels dans les infrastructures en Afrique » a fait l’objet d’un examen approfondi par des experts de secteurs très variés, notamment des infrastructures, des finances, de la bourse, de l’université, de l’investissement et du juridique, entre autres.
3 December 2018
www.aa.com.tr
La 13ème conférence africaine sur l’économie et l’intégration s’est ouverte lundi à Kigali, capitale du Rwanda. Plus d'un millier de délégués et observateurs venus des quatre coins de l’Afrique discuteront pendant trois jours, des problèmes de l’économie africaine et les questions d’intégration, a constaté le correspondant d’Anadolu sur place.
3 December 2018
www.africanews.com
For millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking key cities, or the frustrations of being refused entry to a country because of visas, the end result is to curtail the free movement of people, viewed by the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) as one of the pillars of regional integration.